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Manieri Named Acting Standards Board XO; Search Committee Formed

Mike Manieri, Cal/OSH Standards Board’s longtime Principal Engineer, has been named acting executive officer after the departure of Keith Umemoto. The board also has formed a recruitment committee to find a permanent replacement. The committee is composed of chairman John MacLeod, occupational health representative Jonathan Frisch and management representative Bill Jackson. It meets Sept. 6 … Read More »

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Now In Title 8 (157)

By a majority vote following a public hearing, the following revision to a Title 8 safety order has been adopted by Cal/OSH Standards Board. It has been approved by the Office of Administrative Law and now is in the California Code of Regulations. STORAGE AND USE OF FUEL-GAS CYLINDERS: Revisions to Construction Safety Orders §1740(b) … Read More »

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All In A Name: Employer Caught In Catch-22 On Duplicate Citations

Cal/OSH Appeals Board is appealing to the Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) and its sense of justice in dealing with a company that has found itself in a Catch-22 situation on duplicate citations issued by the Division. DOSH cited Paloma Avenue LLC, doing business as Ground Zero Engineering, for identical sets of citations … Read More »

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Form 9S Getting Undue Deference?

Although the regulated public made no comments at the Aug. 16 Cal/OSH Standards Board public hearing on two new safety order revision proposals, one board member let loose with pointed comments. Management representative William Jackson wanted to know why regulatory revision requests by the Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) sometimes are allowed to … Read More »

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Correction On Inspection Charts

Regarding our Aug. 3 story, “Cal/OSHA Inspections, Violations Up,” reader Jon Oliver of the Sonoma County Risk Management Division writes that while the total on the Onsite Inspections portion of the chart is 8,583, tallying the individual industries leads to a different figure. That’s because onsite inspection totals for three of the industries listed — … Read More »

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Worker Injured In Nail Gun Incident

California’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) is investigating an Aug. 16 incident in which a worker was struck in the eye by a nail from a pneumatic nailer. The Division also is probing a workplace fatality and several other injury incidents in recent days. The nail gun incident occurred at a residential construction … Read More »

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Standard Board Removes Controversial Nail Gun Language-Comments Due Sept. 7

Contentious language that had construction safety professionals – and even members of Cal/OSH Standards Board – fuming has been excised from a rulemaking package on pneumatic nailers and staplers. The board published the change in a 15-day notice of proposed modifications. The public has until Sept. 7 to comment on the move. The proposal revises … Read More »

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DOSH, Industry Creating Early Warning System For Heat Illness Hazards

The Division of Occupational Safety and Health’s (DOSH) recent decision to forego a regulation on indoor heat illness in favor of educational outreach and enforcement under the Injury and Illness Prevention Program standard comes with a twist. The Division and California Chamber of Commerce are teaming up to form the Heat Illness Prevention Network (HIPN), … Read More »

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